LLMs Explained: How Large Language Models Work And Impact Developers
Transformers revolutionized LLMs by processing entire sequences at once, solving memory issues and enabling generation of long responses.
Large Language Models (LLMs) have gone from experimental research projects to everyday tools in just a few years. Whether it’s ChatGPT generating code, GitHub Copilot refactoring your functions, or AI-powered search engines rewriting how developers find answers, the impact of LLMs is already massive. But as developers, we don’t just want to use AI—we want to understand it. What exactly is happening under the hood when we type a prompt into an AI chatbot? Why did Transformers suddenly replace older AI models? And most importantly, what makes an LLM different from traditional machine learning mo...